Fixed a critical issue that prevented Kyno form starting when existing tag names begin with a space

Fixed an issue that caused rewrapping of some clips without audio to fail silently

Fixed an issue that prevented files from being renamed or deleted while in the detail view

Fixed a typo in the German translation

1.6.0 (macOS: 106027, Windows: 1.6.0.23) - Released 2019-02-25

This major update brings a number of exciting new features and improvements as well as fixes for issues that have been reported.

The highlight of this feature is without a doubt the addition of verified copy (sometimes called "offloading") using industry grade checksum verification based on the established media hash list (MHL) standard. From now on, you never have to leave your favourite workflow tool from camera card to edit/delivery.

Kyno Premium users will welcome the much-requested support for the RED RAW R3D format that you can preview and transcode with Kyno 1.6.

Fixed an issue with ProRes disappearing from the list of available conversion options on macOS 10.14.5.

Fixed an issue causing unresponsiveness and crashes after long usage on macOS

1.5.5 (macOS: 105283, Windows: 1.5.5.283) — Released 2018-11-07

This update improves compatibility with Premiere Pro CC 2019 (13.0) and marks a first step in making our license system more easy to deal with for new users. Nothing changes for holders of existing license keys.

This update fixes a number of smaller issues that have been reported by you, our users. Most notably the correct rewrapping of Panasonic GH5 footage and setting of playback rate for footage without audio track as is common for drone footage.

It’s almost summertime for us here in the northern hemisphere and we're celebrating it with another big release: please meet Kyno 1.5! Apart from a bunch of new features and improvements to our core product Kyno, we're pleased to welcome and announce a new member to the family: Kyno Premium.

Forgot to set the clock on the camera? No sweat, Kyno 1.5 now allows you to correct the creation and modification date of files with wrong timestamps (File or context menu -> Correct Recording Time...)

Sending clips to Final Cut Pro X has become even more simple and intuitive: just drag and drop the selected clips to an FCPX Library or Event and they'll be available including all metadata like markers, subclips and descriptions! (requires Final Cut Pro X 10.3 or later)

When exporting to Premiere Pro you can now specify the Premiere Pro bins you'd like to export into. Bins can even be created automatically from your folder structure

The list view now sports a thumbnail column giving you better overview in that view (context menu on the table header to turn off/on)

We've added support for WebP image files

Support for GH5 RAW image files

The transcoder has become more intelligent and now warns you if you try to rewrap codecs that don't support rewrapping. It'll also replace unsupported PCM audio codecs automatically

You can now export and import transcoding presets to share them with coworkers or the community (in Preferences - Conversion)

To make export to H.264 even simpler, there is now a H.264 same size preset that automatically exports to the size of the original clip

Other Improvements:

When exporting images from markers, Kyno now sets the description and title metadata on the resulting image files

The render quality for scaled clips is improved - it is now antialiased rather than exact to the pixel

Kyno can be preconfigured on deployment with custom transcoding presets and options

Single license on a computer for different user accounts

Universal license key for simple company-wide deployment

For details contact enterprise@lesspain.software

For details contact enterprise@lesspain.software

1.4.2 (macOS: 104198, Windows: 1.4.2.218) - Released 2018-02-13

Happy February everyone. Our latest update brings a bunch of important fixes as well as a few new features and supported formats. Thank you everybody for your feedback that makes it possible for us to publish important fixes so quickly. We're happy to see how well our big 1.4 release is received out there!

Today’s update brings an important fix for those of you who make extensive use of the transcoding and naming engine as well as a few other important fixes. Our apologies for any problems you've encountered and thank you to those who took the time to report issues.

Fixed a leak that caused failing transcoding jobs and unresponsiveness on large batches since we've introduced our supercharged transcoder in 1.4. You should now be all set again for those large batch transcoding jobs

CPU load on demanding transcoding jobs has been slightly reduced at minimal cost in transcoding time (less beach balls!)

Added playback support for H.265 material from Panasonic GH5 cameras

Repaired an issue that broke the subclipTitle variable in transcoding & naming presets as well as in subclip export

Fixed an issue that made opening the Creative LUT folder from the view menu fail

Custom LUTs from FCPX (.cube format) are now imported into Kyno's Creative LUT category and can be used directly

Improved inline editing of filenames in list and thumbnail view - the mouse triggers it only when clicking on the text itself

If you're using a keyboard with French layout, say bonjour to the keyboard shortcuts for ratings (1-5, 0, -) and view-switching (Cmd/Ctrl-1, Cmd/Ctrl-2, Cmd/Ctrl-3)

1.4.0 (macOS: 104150, Windows: 1.4.0.170) - Released 2018-01-03

2018 starts with big news for Kyno users - Kyno 1.4 brings the Windows version, LUTs, new codec support and major productivity enhancements.

We've added new columns to the list view (title, description, tags...) and made the columns configurable (secondary mouse button or the tripple-dot icon)

Final Cut X and Final Cut 7/Premiere XML export functions have a new option to deliver xml files with relative paths to prepare self-contained delivery packages without the need to reconnect in NLE

We've added a shortcut for exporting the subclips of the selected/current clip using the last preset (Cmd-U / Ctrl-U)

Also added a shortcut for setting the poster frame to the current playhead position (P)

We now remember the last used title in the Excel export

Transcoding features:

We've added support for the GoPro Cineform codec

We've added to option to add a timecode overlay (aka burn-in timecode) during transcoding with a few easy-to-understand options (Video Settings - Overlays)

Transcoding has become much faster in many cases on multicore machines

Added tags variable to naming engine, allowing to set comma-separated tags in the filename (also available for renaming)

Usability improvements:

Timecode display in the player is now as big and beautiful as it deserves to be!

Enabled inline editing of the subclip's title in the subclip tab (Simple click or Enter)

We've added a bunch of context menu actions and keyboard shortcuts to the subclip tab, allowing you to manupilate existing subclips and speed up keyboard usage

You can set the language of Kyno's user interface in Preferences - General (English, German, French, Spanish available)

Fixes:

We fixed a number of rare compatibility issues with Premiere Pro with files created by Kyno through transcoding or rewrapping from GH5 or C100 footage

We hunted down and fixed the cause of a crash that was rare but persistent on some Macs

We also fixed a crash caused by some JPEG files

Images recorded with rotation/orientation (e.g. vertical images from smartphones) are correctly displayed

Fixed playback of some MXF files from Sony FS5 cameras

Seeking in MTS files didn't work in some cases, now seeking should work as expected

Fixed an issue that caused the tag dropdown to be incorrectly positioned over the input field on Retina and HiDPI displays

You can now TAB over multiline textareas which limited keyboard navigation in some cases

Workspace folders can be refreshed in case there are stale files being displayed

Fixed an error that was displayed when trying to reveal a deleted item in Finder

CMYK-JPEGs are now properly rendered

We now format durations as timecode in Excel exports

1.3.2 (build #103016) - Released 2017-09-29

Today's update fixes a few critical issues reported by you, our customers. Most notably a fix for users running macOS High Sierra with a non-english language. A possible side-effect of the High Sierra fix is that some menu items and file choosers will be displayed in English. Our apologies for any problems since the release of High Sierra earlier this week.

Fixed a critical bug that prevented Kyno from starting on non-english macOS High Sierra systems

Fixed an issue that caused Kyno to crash in rare cases when listing JPG files

Fixed the cause of occasional non-specific crashes

Fixed a rare issue causing an error during FCPX export when setting folder names as keywords

Exporting stills failed when unsupported videos were contained in the selection, now these clips are simply ignored

Fixed broken display of metadata of photos with long exposure settings

Fixed a playback issue with some Op Atom MXF video files that played back with incorrect speed

1.3.1 (build #103010) - Released 2017-08-03

Contains an urgent fix that prevented some instances of Kyno 1.3.0 from launching

1.3.0 (build #103008) - Released 2017-08-03

This summerly release of Kyno 1.3 focuses on usability and performance improvements that everybody should profit from, so we do recommend everyone to get the update while it's hot. This update took a little longer than usual as we've been busy getting the Kyno for Windows Beta ready. We're very excited to announce that we've started sending out links to select users. If you wish to join the Beta program please sign up here.

The tag filter has become more powerful as it now allows you to filter items that don't have a certain tag and we've added autocomplete support for the tag selector

The dialogs for renaming and transcoding of single files are now the same as for batch operations, giving you the full power of naming presets and variables for single files

For extra fine control over file naming, we've added separate placeholders for day, month, year, time, hour, minute, second for all date variables (modified, created, current)

We've improved the metadata in clips resulting from a subclip export: the subclip title is now set as main title, and in/out are set if handles were added

The player now sports a 1.5x playback speed option

We've added the option to produce subclip-only Excel exports

Usability improvements:

Faster access to transcoding presets: we've moved the recently used transcoding presets to the top level of the transcoding menus

The most recently used transcoding preset can be used on the current selection by pressing Cmd-E

The keyboard focus is now kept on the last used metadata input field when switching through clips

Rejoice, there's now a keyboard shortcut available for Drilldown mode: Cmd-Shift-D

When naming files (rename & transcode) the UI now remembers values, like "Custom Name" or "Number of Digits", that were already specified across multiple operations

In the tagging UI you can now apply tags that are already set on some items to all items

Keyboard powerusers can now set focus on the metadata input fields by pressing Cmd-Alt-M, then move on to the next clip by pressing Cmd-Alt-Right (thanks Simeon!). There are more options in View - Select View and the keyboard shortcut list below

As it was slightly confusing not so see some naming presets in the transcoding dialog that are visible in the "Manage Presets" dialog, we've made most of them available independent of the context (i.e. whether transcoding, renaming, exporting subclips)

The reject icon in detail mode is now red when active

Performance improvements:

We significantly improved performance when slow drives or network drives are connected

Have you already discovered the preanalyze function to speed up screening and logging? It now includes the option to generate content tab thumbnails in advance, too

File timestamps were sometimes not set correctly when copying or transcoding, now they should always be set as intended

Fixed a rare problem that wouldn't let the transcoding start by clicking the "Start" button

Full screen controls were buggy sometimes, especially when navigating to the next clip

Fixed an issue that made transcoding of M4V/MOV files fail when they contained two video streams, common for some clips created with FCPX

Fixed a rare application crash that occured during transcoding

Subclips with identical names no longer overwrite each other when exported to Premiere Pro

The Delete key wasn't doing what it's meant to, now it does indeed delete the selected item(s)

Up/Down Arrow key sets cursor correctly to the beginning and end of the text field

New Keyboard Shortcuts:

Just like you, we love keyboard shortcuts and added a lot of them in this release. They're also consistently displayed in menus and context menus so you can learn them on the go. Here's the list of new ones:

Rating: 1..5

Reject: -

Reset rating: 0

Activate detail view and focus metadata form: Cmd-Alt-M

Focus first field in metadata form: 2x Cmd-Alt-M

Focus player when inside metadata input field: Escape

Activate detail view and focus player: Cmd-Alt-P

Activate and focus list/thumbnail view: Cmd-Alt-L

Focus device/directory navigator: Cmd-Alt-N

Previous item: Cmd-Alt-Left (on top of Cmd-Left, helpful if cursor is inside an input field)

Next item: Cmd-Alt-Right (on top of Cmd-Right, helpful if cursor is inside an input field)

Last used transcoding preset: Cmd-E

Toggle drilldown mode: Cmd-Shift-D

Zoom in/out in thumbnail view: Cmd-+ / Cmd--

Show in Finder: Alt-Shift-F

Excel export: Cmd-Shift-X

Send to Premiere: Cmd-Shift-P

Send to Final Cut: Cmd-Shift-F

Create Report in list/thumbnail mode: Cmd-Shift-I

1.2.1 (build #102003) - Released 2017-02-24

Unfortunately an improvement in last week's update to version 1.2 also, as a side effect, introduced a problem that caused the Final Cut X integration to fail in rare cases for certain MP4 files. We have fixed that now. Sorry about the inconvenience.

While at it we also fixed an issue that sometimes produced an error when editing subclips in the subclips panel.

Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback. You're awesome!

1.2.0 (build #102001) - Released 2017-02-16

Our first release in 2017 focuses on transcoding, FCPX integration and format support. There are also a number of fixes and usability improvements so there should be something for everyone. We hope you enjoy this release!

We found and fixed a rare issue that caused the thumbnail view to break when filtering/moving files around heavily

Fixed a rare layout problem that caused the player to overlap other areas of the app

1.1.0 (build #101003) - Released 2016-12-01

The first update to our initial release of Kyno focuses on improved productivity in important areas such as Tagging, Transcoding and FCPX integration and contains some important fixes for issues that you reported. We can't thank you often enough for your participation in making Kyno better and better.

Now give that new gear you purchased last Friday a spin and update by opening Kyno and installing the automated update!

Kyno has been a labour of love for us for close to 6 years. We conceptualized a product that would take the pain out of working with media files and make straight-forward tasks as simple as they should be. One product that could solve many problems for filmmakers and media professionals.

After months of beta testing, refining, improving and developing we are now ready to launch Kyno and open it up for everyone to use.

Kyno version 1 introduces a host of new features and improvements that make working with Kyno better than ever before.

Navigate through your material even faster than before using the new back/forward buttons and history function

We implemented a whole different metadata storage scheme that now allows you to share metadata between Kyno users in SAN environments or even using cloud services like Dropbox or Google Drive and that allows for more offloading/backup-logging-editing workflows than before.

The popular drilldown function can now be used even more conveniently with the new drilldown button

All Excel export colums are now fully configurable to give you the freedom to further tweak the result to your needs. This makes the popular Excel export an even more versatile tool.

Rotate still frames while exporting markers from video. This makes the stilll frame export even more handy, especially for people like videophotographers using hi-res video for the production of high-quality stills

Export still frames from hi-bit-depths (e.g. Prores or XAVC 10/12bit) without quality loss in high-quality PNGs for further processing or grading in the best-possible quality

Rotate videos while transcoding, especially handy when dealing with material from mobile devices or GoPro action cams, which often produce rotated video

New formats now supported for playback and transcoding: Videos in the F4V format and Audio files using the MKA format

New presets to create files in the popular WebM format (VP8 and VP9)

Made the FCPX workflow even more efficient with the new option to have keywords added based on folder names

Text search/filtering now includes matching tag values

Title and description fields are now included in FCP7 and Premiere exports

Excel exports are now possible for image files, e.g. for quickly building a story board

Timecode is now extracted from broadcast wave audio files and correctly implemented in Final Cut and Premiere workflows

Speed of browsing raw images one after the other in detail view has been improved significantly

Fixes:

External thunderbolt drives are no longer treated as internal drives

Reenables the "Send to Premiere" function which was broken for latest Premiere versions due to a change by Adobe